For what it’s worth, Southern Rail has restored 63 services to its timetable October 20, 2016 Southern Rail, the company currently locked in a battle with unions over who gets to close the doors on its trains, has said it is restoring 63 more services to its ravaged timetable. In a statement today the company said its West London Line timetable will go back to full capacity on Monday, while it [...]
Aim-listed diamond miner Botswana Diamonds just turned RNS into a geography lesson October 20, 2016 NULL
City A.M. Unregulated podcast: Smoothie operator – meet the man behind the Nutribullet October 19, 2016 Gordon Black is the man behind best-selling clean eating craze the Nutribullet – and the richest retail tycoon you've never heard of. He joins the team from Yorkshire to tell the story of his family's business, Peter Black, and explain how it became one of Marks & Spencer's largest suppliers – as well as when to keep a business in the family, and [...]
Harley-Davidson sales slam on the brakes in the US but shares bounce October 18, 2016 Harley-Davidson reported a fall in earnings today, after sales fell in the US – but sales in Canada, Europe and Asia Pacific were strong. The figures The iconic motorcycle brand said net income had fallen to $114.1m (£92.7m) in the third quarter, down from $140.3m last year, while consolidated revenue dropped to $1.27bn, from $1.32bn the year before. That pushed earnings per share to $0.64 in [...]
Take that, Aldi: Tesco gains market share for the first time in years but Morrisons, Sainsbury’s and Asda decline further October 18, 2016 It looks like Tesco is beginning to win the battle of the supermarkets, after new figures showed it won supermarket share in the last three months – for the first time in five years. Figures by Kantar Worldpanel showed Tesco increased sales by 1.3 per cent in the 12 weeks to 9 October, which pushed its [...]
Are you joking? City A.M.’s digital editor just said using the CMS is “super exciting” October 17, 2016 NULL
Five things Elon Musk’s mysterious delayed product launch could be October 17, 2016 Is there anyone as mysterious as Elon Musk on Twitter? The Tesla founder has sent analysts and investors into a frenzy of speculation after he posted a single, two-sentence tweet late last night. Moving the Tesla announcement to Wednesday. Needs a few more days of refinement. — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) October 16, 2016 The news [...]
Great British Bake Off might have a new presenter October 17, 2016 Crumbs. Those devastated by Mel Geidroyc and Sue Perkins' decision to ditch Great British Bake Off on the grounds of loyalty might just come around to the show's new direction if reports of the new presenter its production company has lined up are accurate. The Sun has suggested Love Productions, the company which came under fire [...]
EY Item Club: UK economy is surprisingly resilient – but faces a “prolonged period of weaker growth” October 17, 2016 The British economy will be hit by a "prolonged period of weaker growth" as the impact of the EU referendum begins to be felt – but will continue to be resilient, an influential forecaster has predicted. The EY Item Club, which uses the same forecasting model as the Treasury, said GDP growth will hit 1.9 [...]
